Former President Donald Trump stated that, if he becomes president again, then he would consider pardoning all the convicted Jan. 6 Capitol rioters on a “case-by-case” basis.
“You have called the men and women who have been prosecuted for their actions on Jan. 6 ‘hostages’ and ‘political prisoners,'” the Time journalist asked Trump. “More than 800 of these people have been sentenced through our judicial system, most of whom pleaded guilty. Some of them have been convicted by juries. You’ve said you will pardon them. Are you calling into question the conclusions of the justice system in more than 800 cases?”
“It’s a two-tier system,” the former president declared. “Because when I look at Portland, when I look at Minneapolis, where they took over police precincts and everything else, and went after federal buildings when I look at other situations that were violent, and where people were killed, nothing happened to them.
“You have called the men and women who have been prosecuted for their actions on Jan. 6 ‘hostages’ and ‘political prisoners,'” the Time journalist asked Trump. “More than 800 of these people have been sentenced through our judicial system, most of whom pleaded guilty. Some of them have been convicted by juries. You’ve said you will pardon them. Are you calling into question the conclusions of the justice system in more than 800 cases?”
“It’s a two-tier system,” the former president declared. “Because when I look at Portland, when I look at Minneapolis, where they took over police precincts and everything else, and went after federal buildings when I look at other situations that were violent, and where people were killed, nothing happened to them.
- 5/3/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
“FBI is now killing all online critics of Biden,” Ali Alexander, organizer of “Stop the Steal” protests that fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, announced on his Telegram account on Wednesday. “This is all by design.”
This alarming claim was prompted by the death of Craig Deleeuw Robertson, 75, in an FBI raid on his Provo, Utah residence early that morning. According to a criminal complaint from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Robertson was to be charged with interstate threats, impeding federal law enforcement officers by threat, and making threats against the president...
This alarming claim was prompted by the death of Craig Deleeuw Robertson, 75, in an FBI raid on his Provo, Utah residence early that morning. According to a criminal complaint from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Robertson was to be charged with interstate threats, impeding federal law enforcement officers by threat, and making threats against the president...
- 8/11/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
James Corden and other talk-show hosts have savaged former US president Donald Trump over his recent legal struggles.
Last week, Trump claimed that he would be arrested on Tuesday 21 March, calling on his followers to “protest” and “take our nation back”.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is expected to file charges against Trump relating to an alleged “hush money” payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. However, it is not yet known exactly when or even if the indictments will be handed down.
Former Gavin & Stacey star Corden discussed the news on his US chat show The Late Late Show, joking to the studio audience: “You know it’s bad when a former president announces he’s going to be arrested, and the general response is: ‘For which crime?’
“If you’re keeping track, that’s two times Stormy Daniels has screwed Donald Trump,...
Last week, Trump claimed that he would be arrested on Tuesday 21 March, calling on his followers to “protest” and “take our nation back”.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is expected to file charges against Trump relating to an alleged “hush money” payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. However, it is not yet known exactly when or even if the indictments will be handed down.
Former Gavin & Stacey star Corden discussed the news on his US chat show The Late Late Show, joking to the studio audience: “You know it’s bad when a former president announces he’s going to be arrested, and the general response is: ‘For which crime?’
“If you’re keeping track, that’s two times Stormy Daniels has screwed Donald Trump,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
James Corden has addressed the latest sensational developments surrounding former US president Donald Trump.
Last week, Trump claimed that he would be arrested on Tuesday 21 March, calling on his followers to “protest” and “take our nation back”.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is expected to file charges against Trump relating to an alleged “hush money” payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. However, it is not yet known exactly when or even if the indictments will be handed down.
Former Gavin & Stacey star Corden discussed the news on his US chat show The Late Late Show, joking to the studio audience: “You know it’s bad when a former president announces he’s going to be arrested, and the general response is: ‘For which crime?’
“If you’re keeping track, that’s two times Stormy Daniels has screwed Donald Trump,” Corden added.
His joke...
Last week, Trump claimed that he would be arrested on Tuesday 21 March, calling on his followers to “protest” and “take our nation back”.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is expected to file charges against Trump relating to an alleged “hush money” payment made to adult film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. However, it is not yet known exactly when or even if the indictments will be handed down.
Former Gavin & Stacey star Corden discussed the news on his US chat show The Late Late Show, joking to the studio audience: “You know it’s bad when a former president announces he’s going to be arrested, and the general response is: ‘For which crime?’
“If you’re keeping track, that’s two times Stormy Daniels has screwed Donald Trump,” Corden added.
His joke...
- 3/21/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Jason Ritter openly admits to benefitting from nepotism early on in his acting career.
Ritter’s father John, who died in 2003 aged 54, was known for playing Jack Tripper on the popular ABC sitcom Three’s Company.
During an appearance on a recent episode of SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, the Parenthood actor admitted his first acting job as a child, voicing the Little Acorn in the 1991 cartoon The Real Story of O Christmas Tree, came as a result of his father’s connections.
“I will say, without any hesitation, this was like a full-on nepotism hire. I will admit that,” Ritter joked. “He [John] for sure got me the job. I did try to stay away from that later.”
John voiced Piney, the Little Acorn’s uncle in the cartoon.
Ritter went on to star in a number of roles across film and television, including The Tale, Frozen II and Netflix’s superhero drama Raising Dion.
Ritter’s father John, who died in 2003 aged 54, was known for playing Jack Tripper on the popular ABC sitcom Three’s Company.
During an appearance on a recent episode of SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, the Parenthood actor admitted his first acting job as a child, voicing the Little Acorn in the 1991 cartoon The Real Story of O Christmas Tree, came as a result of his father’s connections.
“I will say, without any hesitation, this was like a full-on nepotism hire. I will admit that,” Ritter joked. “He [John] for sure got me the job. I did try to stay away from that later.”
John voiced Piney, the Little Acorn’s uncle in the cartoon.
Ritter went on to star in a number of roles across film and television, including The Tale, Frozen II and Netflix’s superhero drama Raising Dion.
- 3/20/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - TV
Billy Baldwin has doubled down on comments about Donald Trump after being criticised for invoking the name of the late Ashli Babbitt in a tweet.
Babbitt was fatally shot by law enforcement during the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol building while attempting to climb into the Speaker’s Lobby. The shooting was found to be lawful.
In a tweet, Baldwin took aim at Trump’s recent calls for “protests” amid news that charges are expected to be brought against the former US president imminently.
“‘Protest, take our nation back!’ Trump inciting violence again,” Baldwin claimed. “Any uprising by the Gravy Seals will be over in 2 Ashli Babbitt’s or better known as… a half a Scaramucci. F*** around…”
After his remarks were criticised for their allusion to Babbitt’s death, Baldwin tweeted again: “Funny how those who support Trump think I’m promoting violence if they protest his arrest.
Babbitt was fatally shot by law enforcement during the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol building while attempting to climb into the Speaker’s Lobby. The shooting was found to be lawful.
In a tweet, Baldwin took aim at Trump’s recent calls for “protests” amid news that charges are expected to be brought against the former US president imminently.
“‘Protest, take our nation back!’ Trump inciting violence again,” Baldwin claimed. “Any uprising by the Gravy Seals will be over in 2 Ashli Babbitt’s or better known as… a half a Scaramucci. F*** around…”
After his remarks were criticised for their allusion to Babbitt’s death, Baldwin tweeted again: “Funny how those who support Trump think I’m promoting violence if they protest his arrest.
- 3/20/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Last month, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson was granted exclusive access to the trove of more than 44,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Monday night Carlson released the first installment of his analysis of the tapes, telling viewers that the vast majority of the protestors who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 were not insurrectionists but “orderly and meek” sightseers.
Carlson opened his Monday night monologue by reiterating the network’s claims of 2020 election malfeasance, stating that the “2020 election was a grave betrayal of American democracy given...
Carlson opened his Monday night monologue by reiterating the network’s claims of 2020 election malfeasance, stating that the “2020 election was a grave betrayal of American democracy given...
- 3/7/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
In the year and six days since the violent insurrection in the nation’s capital, former President Trump and his Republican allies have consistently attempted to downplay the attack on the citadel of democracy.
A “normal tourist visit” is how Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia has characterized aspects of the frenzied assault. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has denied the attack amounted to an armed revolt and said most of those who breached the U.S. Capitol weren’t violent and “stayed within the roped lines in the Rotunda.”
But there’s a problem with this attempted spin: video evidence.
No one has done as much to document what occurred on January 6, 2021 as the Visual Investigations team at the New York Times, which produced the short documentary Day of Rage. It is based on meticulous analysis of thousands of videos shot by rioters themselves, along with police body cam footage,...
A “normal tourist visit” is how Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia has characterized aspects of the frenzied assault. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has denied the attack amounted to an armed revolt and said most of those who breached the U.S. Capitol weren’t violent and “stayed within the roped lines in the Rotunda.”
But there’s a problem with this attempted spin: video evidence.
No one has done as much to document what occurred on January 6, 2021 as the Visual Investigations team at the New York Times, which produced the short documentary Day of Rage. It is based on meticulous analysis of thousands of videos shot by rioters themselves, along with police body cam footage,...
- 1/12/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
All of the news networks carried events marking the anniversary of January 6th, albeit with differences in tone and tenor, but by the time of the opinion-heavy primetime hours, there were wildly different characterizations of the significance of attack on the Capitol.
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes opened his how at 8 Pm Et saying that “today we saw on full display the battle over the meaning of this date,” talking of Donald Trump’s “failed coup” as the probably the most infamous event since 9/11.
Fox News’s Tucker Carlson said it was “really just only a riot — maybe just barely,” while he again gave a platform to a theory that the events were a “false flag” operation. He even had on as a guest Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx), who rather sheepishly said it was “sloppy and it was frankly dumb” to refer to the January 6th riot as a “violent terrorist attack” earlier this week.
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes opened his how at 8 Pm Et saying that “today we saw on full display the battle over the meaning of this date,” talking of Donald Trump’s “failed coup” as the probably the most infamous event since 9/11.
Fox News’s Tucker Carlson said it was “really just only a riot — maybe just barely,” while he again gave a platform to a theory that the events were a “false flag” operation. He even had on as a guest Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx), who rather sheepishly said it was “sloppy and it was frankly dumb” to refer to the January 6th riot as a “violent terrorist attack” earlier this week.
- 1/7/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died following his efforts to defend the Capitol against a hoard of angry Trump supporters, was a supporter of the now former president, as was his girlfriend of 11 years, Sandra Garza. But Garza now says that Trump “needs to be in prison” because he is “100 percent responsible” for what occurred that day. She believes that Sicknick, too, “would have viewed Donald Trump in a very different light,” had he survived.
“I hold Donald Trump 100 percent responsible for what happened on Jan. 6 and all of...
“I hold Donald Trump 100 percent responsible for what happened on Jan. 6 and all of...
- 1/4/2022
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Patriot Purge, Tucker Carlson’s new three-part series, is propaganda built around Donald Trump’s Big Lie of a stolen 2020 election and buttressed by a bizarro world, alt-right and alt-reality retelling of the January 6th insurrection. But Carlson’s message being profoundly dishonest doesn’t stop it from being profoundly dangerous: both because it contains kernels of tough truths the country has been scared to face, and because it follows a classic template of propaganda that has brought down democracies before.
The conceit of Patriot Purge is that the real...
The conceit of Patriot Purge is that the real...
- 11/2/2021
- by Jason Stanley
- Rollingstone.com
When a group of insurrectionists took the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 in order to disrupt the counting of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election, one might have expected the events of the day to resonate, months later, far more than they do. The attack seems at times to be rapidly fading from our cultural memory, a testament to the efficacy of one party’s attempts to hand-wave it away as an enthusiastic and passionate protest that lost control.
Into this cultural forgetting strides HBO’s “Four Hours at the Capitol,” a documentary directed by Jamie Roberts. This documentary presents a tick-tock of the events of the day, complete with so much harrowing footage that it’s hard to watch (and hard to believe Roberts and executive producer Dan Reed were able to marshal). The imagery of destruction and assault is powerful on its own terms; it’s in building the...
Into this cultural forgetting strides HBO’s “Four Hours at the Capitol,” a documentary directed by Jamie Roberts. This documentary presents a tick-tock of the events of the day, complete with so much harrowing footage that it’s hard to watch (and hard to believe Roberts and executive producer Dan Reed were able to marshal). The imagery of destruction and assault is powerful on its own terms; it’s in building the...
- 10/20/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Lt. Michael Byrd, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 insurrection, is telling his side of the story.
Byrd sat down with NBC’s Lester Holt for a revealing interview that aired on the network on Thursday. In it, he recounted the events of the fateful day a horde of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and opened up about the fallout he’s faced afterward.
Byrd said that the shot he fired at Babbitt’s shoulder was the first in his 28 years as an officer.
“I spent countless years preparing for such a moment. You ultimately hope that moment never occurs but you prepare as best you can,” he told Holt. “I know that day, I saved countless lives. I know members of Congress, as well as my fellow officers and staff, were in jeopardy and in serious danger and that’s my job.
Byrd sat down with NBC’s Lester Holt for a revealing interview that aired on the network on Thursday. In it, he recounted the events of the fateful day a horde of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and opened up about the fallout he’s faced afterward.
Byrd said that the shot he fired at Babbitt’s shoulder was the first in his 28 years as an officer.
“I spent countless years preparing for such a moment. You ultimately hope that moment never occurs but you prepare as best you can,” he told Holt. “I know that day, I saved countless lives. I know members of Congress, as well as my fellow officers and staff, were in jeopardy and in serious danger and that’s my job.
- 8/27/2021
- by Alex Noble
- The Wrap
A rash of new evidence has made clear that Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 election were more sophisticated and far-reaching than Americans knew in real time.
Trump’s pressure on the Department of Justice, in particular, was relentless. He reportedly plotted to elevate a staunch loyalist, and fellow election conspiracy theorist, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, to the post of attorney general. Newly uncovered documents show how Clark had endeared himself to Trump by circulating a draft letter in December that would have demanded the Georgia...
Trump’s pressure on the Department of Justice, in particular, was relentless. He reportedly plotted to elevate a staunch loyalist, and fellow election conspiracy theorist, Jeffrey Bossert Clark, to the post of attorney general. Newly uncovered documents show how Clark had endeared himself to Trump by circulating a draft letter in December that would have demanded the Georgia...
- 8/13/2021
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Vladimir Putin followed up a shorter-than-expected summit with President Joe Biden with a longer-than-expected press conference, with a standout moment coming when he expressed some exasperation when pressed by ABC News’ Rachel Scott on his treatment of his political opponents.
Scott initially asked Putin, “President Biden has said he will respond if cyber attacks from Russia do not stop. I’m curious, what did he tell you? Did he make any threats? And a quick followup if I may, sir. The list of your political opponents who are dead, imprisoned or jailed is long. Alexey Navalny’s organization calls for free and fair elections, an end to corruption, but Russia has outlawed that organization, calling it extremist. And you now have prevented anyone who supports him to run for office. For my question for you Mr. President: What are you so afraid of?”
Putin, via a translator, seemed irked by it,...
Scott initially asked Putin, “President Biden has said he will respond if cyber attacks from Russia do not stop. I’m curious, what did he tell you? Did he make any threats? And a quick followup if I may, sir. The list of your political opponents who are dead, imprisoned or jailed is long. Alexey Navalny’s organization calls for free and fair elections, an end to corruption, but Russia has outlawed that organization, calling it extremist. And you now have prevented anyone who supports him to run for office. For my question for you Mr. President: What are you so afraid of?”
Putin, via a translator, seemed irked by it,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
On the day after the guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department would conduct a civil investigation of the city’s police department.
Broadcast and cable networks, with correspondents fanned across the city, continued to cover the reaction, a mixture of a sense of relief but also continued trepidation over the fate of further police reforms.
Gayle King anchored CBS This Morning from Minneapolis in the aftermath of the guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Chauvin, and told her co-anchors that there was a contrast to the day before, when, she said, she couldn’t sleep as “we could feel the tension.”
“This morning, you can really feel a lightness in the city, in addition to a beautiful skyline behind us,” said King, who interviewed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, George Floyd’s family attorney Ben Crump and Floyd’s brother Philonese.
Broadcast and cable networks, with correspondents fanned across the city, continued to cover the reaction, a mixture of a sense of relief but also continued trepidation over the fate of further police reforms.
Gayle King anchored CBS This Morning from Minneapolis in the aftermath of the guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Chauvin, and told her co-anchors that there was a contrast to the day before, when, she said, she couldn’t sleep as “we could feel the tension.”
“This morning, you can really feel a lightness in the city, in addition to a beautiful skyline behind us,” said King, who interviewed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, George Floyd’s family attorney Ben Crump and Floyd’s brother Philonese.
- 4/21/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump‘s second impeachment trial began Tuesday with a disturbing video depicting the escalation of the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
The montage, which you can watch in full below courtesy of NBC News’ Twitter feed, laid out the timeline of that day’s events, beginning with Trump’s speech to supporters near the White House. During that rally, Trump told the crowd they needed to “show strength” and proceed to the Capitol, where lawmakers were meeting to certify the events of the 2020 presidential election.
More from TVLineMSNBC's Brian Williams Trolls GOP...
The montage, which you can watch in full below courtesy of NBC News’ Twitter feed, laid out the timeline of that day’s events, beginning with Trump’s speech to supporters near the White House. During that rally, Trump told the crowd they needed to “show strength” and proceed to the Capitol, where lawmakers were meeting to certify the events of the 2020 presidential election.
More from TVLineMSNBC's Brian Williams Trolls GOP...
- 2/9/2021
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Police in Washington D.C. reported that there is not enough preliminary evidence to arrest a Capitol Police officer who shot and killed a woman participating in the Capitol riots on Jan. 6. Authorities familiar with the case said the investigation is still ongoing and so far, no recommendations have been made to prosecutors regarding filing […]
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- 2/4/2021
- by Sarah Huffman
- Uinterview
Update: John Sullivan was arrested and charged on January 14th, according to the Department of Justice, with “one count of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, one count of violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and one count of interfering with law enforcement engaged in the lawful performance of their official duties incident to and during the commission of civil disorder.” An FBI affidavit discounts Sullivan’s claim to be a journalist: “He has admitted,” the agent writes of Sullivan, “that...
- 1/15/2021
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The attack on the U.S. Capitol may have been set the stage for more violence to come, U.S. intelligence agencies are warning in a new advisory. The joint bulletin distributed by the National Counterterrorism Center and the Justice and Homeland Security Departments — and first reported by the New York Times — suggests violent extremists, emboldened by the last week’s riots, “may exploit the aftermath of the Capitol breach by conducting attacks to destabilize and force a climactic conflict in the United States.”
Specifically, the advisory singles out the...
Specifically, the advisory singles out the...
- 1/14/2021
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
For Jordan Klepper’s latest segment exploring the world of Trump events and rallies, the “Daily Show” correspondent braved the scene at last week’s violent riot at the U.S. Capitol.
In the clip above, Klepper talks to Trump supporters as they migrate from the president’s Wednesday rally outside the White House to the grounds of the Capitol building.
“The one thing you couldn’t help but notice is just how many people looked like they were preparing for battle,” Klepper says in the clip. “From the tactical vests to the pitchforks, this rally felt charged.”
Hundreds of pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol last week in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election, temporarily disrupting the day’s proceedings. Rioters carrying Trump and Confederate flags then vandalized the building, occupied congressional offices and stole property.
Five people died as a result of the riot,...
In the clip above, Klepper talks to Trump supporters as they migrate from the president’s Wednesday rally outside the White House to the grounds of the Capitol building.
“The one thing you couldn’t help but notice is just how many people looked like they were preparing for battle,” Klepper says in the clip. “From the tactical vests to the pitchforks, this rally felt charged.”
Hundreds of pro-Trump protesters stormed the Capitol last week in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election, temporarily disrupting the day’s proceedings. Rioters carrying Trump and Confederate flags then vandalized the building, occupied congressional offices and stole property.
Five people died as a result of the riot,...
- 1/12/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Chilling images from the Trump mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol continue to astonish much of the media even days later, but one of the most difficult to watch is that of an Associated Press photographer, John Minchillo, being beaten on the east side of the Capitol as he tried to cover the demonstrations.
“While we are thankful he is Ok, this is a reminder of the dangers journalists both in the U.S. and around the world face every day while simply trying to do their jobs,” said an AP spokesperson.
What is hard to believe is where the events of Wednesday took place: At a well-fortified and protected symbol of democracy, overrun by angry rioters, insurrectionists and domestic terrorists.
Some of the most disturbing video was captured by Young Kim, a videographer who works under his Rise Images banner, and had followed the mob up the...
“While we are thankful he is Ok, this is a reminder of the dangers journalists both in the U.S. and around the world face every day while simply trying to do their jobs,” said an AP spokesperson.
What is hard to believe is where the events of Wednesday took place: At a well-fortified and protected symbol of democracy, overrun by angry rioters, insurrectionists and domestic terrorists.
Some of the most disturbing video was captured by Young Kim, a videographer who works under his Rise Images banner, and had followed the mob up the...
- 1/10/2021
- by Ted Johnson and Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
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